Iranian Government Poised to Use Mass Executions to Quell Deepening Unrest
by Samuel B. Parker — In November, an Islamic Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced a protester to death in a judicial proceeding that...
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- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
Death of LAPD Officer Houston Tipping After He Reported Sexual Assault Raises Concerns and Questions
by Samuel B. Parker — Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Officer Houston Tipping died on May 29, 2022, allegedly as the result of what...
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- Aug 24, 2022
- 3 min
Gross Negligence and Excessive Force: Albuquerque Child Killed During Police Raid
by Samuel B. Parker — In early July, Brett Rosenau, a fifteen-year-old boy, died in a house fire during an Albuquerque Police Department...
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- Feb 9, 2022
- 6 min
Another Raid, Another Murder: Amir Locke, No-knock Warrants, and Police Violence in America
by Samuel B. Parker — In the early morning hours of February 2nd, as officers for the Minneapolis Police Department were executing a...
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- Aug 17, 2021
- 4 min
Disability is Not a Crime: Preventing Police Violence Towards People with Mental Illness
by Judith Evans — In a year marked by reports of police brutality, two names stood out for mental health advocates in 2020: Daniel Prude...
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- Aug 2, 2021
- 4 min
United Nations Office of Human Rights Issues Groundbreaking Report on Combating Systemic Racism
by Sophie Trist — Following the brutal murder of George Floyd and subsequent racial justice protests around the globe, the United Nations...
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- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
Call to Action: Urge President Biden to Close Guantanamo Bay
by Sophie Trist — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Min) and Rep. David Price (D-NC) are calling on their fellow members of Congress to sign a letter to...
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- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
Tear Gas Can Be Lethal, Especially for the Vulnerable
by Stephanie Hauer — Tear gas is used throughout the world as a form of crowd control. Hong Kong, Bahrain, and Iran deploy it against...
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- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Traffic Stops and Police Brutality: Reflecting on the Death of Daunte Wright
by Katherine Noble — Daunte Wright was shot and killed on Sunday, April 11th, by a Minnesota police officer. Wright was a father of a...
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- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
Police Reform Legislation: A First Step to Dismantling Systemic Racism
by Sophie Trist — Six months ago, George Floyd’s brutal murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ripped open old...
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- Feb 2, 2021
- 4 min
Solitary Confinement Amounts to Cruel and Unusual Torture
by Sophie Trist — Many people are familiar with the tragic story of Kalief Browder, a Black teenager from New York City who was arrested...
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- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
Justice in the Biden-Harris Administration
by Katherine Noble — Our nation spent the better part of this summer in upheaval. Protests became a daily part of life as people took to...
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- Jan 19, 2021
- 3 min
"Who Built the Cages?": Immigration Under Biden
by Mikhayla Stover — Her name was Mariee Juárez. Mariee and her mother Yazmin were forced to flee Guatemala in 2018. At the time, Mariee...
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- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Nonviolent De-escalation Techniques for Mental Health Emergencies
by Katherine Noble — Two Philadelphia police officers shot Walter Wallace Jr., a Black man, on October 26th. Wallace was medicated for...
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- Oct 25, 2020
- 3 min
Ballot Initiatives to Look Out For This November
by Christy Yao — An essential part of our democracy is the people getting to vote on particularly important or controversial issues. This...
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- Jun 28, 2020
- 4 min
The Perils of Cherry-Picked Statistics
There have been a lot of videos and comments on social media lately offering varying opinions on subjects like racism, police brutality...
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- May 7, 2020
- 4 min
Ahmaud Arbery Deserves Justice
By Maria Oswalt — On February 23, 2020, 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was pursued by two men in a truck while he was going for a run in...
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- Dec 20, 2019
- 3 min
Teen's Death in Border Patrol Custody Highlights Lack of Concern for Human Life
by Stephanie Hauer — Carlos Hernandez Vasquez was only 16 years old when he arrived at the US border in May 2019. Because his medical...
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- Aug 20, 2018
- 3 min
In Solidarity with Incarcerated Humans
by Herb Geraghty Anyone who follows the news could conclude that the United States justice system is anything but just. Particularly,...
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- Mar 30, 2012
- 3 min
Justice for Trayvon Martin and His Parents
BY JEN ROTH Most of the talk of reproductive rights in mainstream politics and media in the United States revolves around not bearing...
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